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  • November 7, 2017
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This post is applicable to Lightroom Classic.


ETAs for tethered support for specific cameras are not available.

 

Tethered Capture is a feature of Lightroom Classic that allows the direct connection of your camera to the Lightroom desktop environment. Images are imported into your Lightroom catalog as they are captured via the connected camera. 

New camera support for reading the raw files is generally added quickly after a camera is released by its manufacturer.  New camera support can be verified here: https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html. 


Tethered support for a particular camera model normally follows a version or two after the raw file support. Adobe relies on the manufacturer’s (Nikon & Canon) SDK (Software Development Kit) to facilitate the tethering of your camera to Lightroom. The timing of the release of a manufacturer’s support via their SDK greatly affects the time to release for tethered support. In addition, Adobe goes through a rigorous process of integrating the functionality of the SDK and tests tethering before support is announced.

To see if your camera is supported for tethering on your version of Lightroom, refer to this document: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

If your camera is listed, but your Lightroom version is too old, you may need to update or upgrade to enable tethering.

If your camera is not listed, and your camera’s raw file isn't supported, you would need to check with the camera’s manufacturer to see if they support tethering via their SDK. 

Note: Not all camera manufacturers or models will necessarily receive tether support.

 

 

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    michaelk31020731
    Participating Frequently
    April 13, 2022

    Hello!

    After todays most recent LR Classic update I thought for sure they would finally have tethering capability with the Canon R3. Its been almost 6 months since its release and still nothing. Are there plans to add the R3 to the list? Will it ever happen? I'm starting to get really frustrated as it affects my studio workflow quite a bit. I know Capture One already supports it and am now seriously thinking of switching... I'll give it one more month.

     

    Any updates?

     

    Thanks.

      frantisek.petko
      frantisek.petko
      New Participant
      April 11, 2022

      Hello Adobe, 

      When can I except tethering support for Nikon Zfc in Lightroom Classic? I hope it will come asap 🙂

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        stevem22694025
        Participating Frequently
        April 9, 2022

        Hi

         

        Does anyone know when Lightroom classic support the Nikon Z9 for tethered use?

          KR Seals
          Community Expert
          KR SealsCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          April 9, 2022

          There may be participants in this forum that know exactly when, but they are prohibited by Adobe from disclosing that information. We all will know when the version of LrC with Z9 tethered support is released and not before.

          Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.
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            MontyJSweets
            Participating Frequently
            March 20, 2023

            still waiting for the elusive Z9 tethered support on PC!

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              지훈5E58
              New Participant
              March 30, 2022

              i'm using Canon 90D 

               

              but Light room doesn't still provide the tethering shooting

               

              when could i use it ?

               

               

              Abambo
              Community Expert
              AbamboCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              March 30, 2022

              Nobody here has insight of when, what feature gets supported with which camera. However, as your camera is not brand new, and the last update for tethered cameras is from October 2020, there is a possibility that your camera will not be supported.

               

              Check with Canon if DPP supports tethering. Adobe uses, if I'm right, a canon program to connect and communicate with the camera.

              ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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              nimin42744777
              Participating Frequently
              March 12, 2022

              Timeline for thethering the Nikon Z9? Thanks

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                pschefz
                Inspiring
                March 11, 2022

                I am trying to shoot tethered into LR Classic and both Hasselblad and Fuji tether plug ins require restart into Rosetta? I am on latest LRC 11.2 M1max OS 12.2.1. When will this be updated? LRC is great overall, snappy but tethering in rosetta is slow and overall performance takes a hit.

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                nancyn6894092
                New Participant
                March 11, 2022

                I have a Nikon z6ll, it is supported by Lightroom for tethering. I have updated firmware to 1.30 and running current version of Lightroom. I still can't get Lightroom to find the camera for tethering. I have done everything suggested, restart computer, restart lightroom and turn camera on an off. Nothing works. Can anyone help? Thank you.

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                nancyn6894092
                New Participant
                March 23, 2022

                Found out that I needed to remove memory cards from Nikon z6ll to tether. Now all is working!

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                frascapix
                New Participant
                February 15, 2022

                could you please add CANON RP to supported cameras?

                thanks in advance!

                 

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                Lee Nackman
                Participating Frequently
                February 8, 2022

                LrC works marveously on Apple Silicon M1-based hardware, with one exception: using tethered capture requires restarting LrC and running it in Rosetta emulation mode. I use tethered capture to "scan" old negatives and then process them with the NegativeLabPro plugin on LrC. LrC is significantly faster running native on M1. My workflow involves scanning negatives, then processing them with NegativeLabPro and LrC. When I do the processing, I either have to accept LrC's slower speed running in Rosetta mode or I have to restart LrC. Then when I want to scan more negatives, I have to restart LrC again. All a bit of a pain.

                 

                Since it is now clear that all of Apple's hardware is moving rapidly to Apple Silicon (M1, M2, etc.), please fix tethering to work natively too.

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                Lee Nackman
                Participating Frequently
                February 8, 2022

                I hadn't realized before reading this thread that tethering support on M1 depends on Canon supporting their SDK on M1. Makes perfect sense.

                 

                Just checked Canon's developer site and see that Canon's SDK is now supported on Apple Silicon as of version 13.14.30 (12/9/2021). See https://developercommunity.usa.canon.com/canon?sys_kb_id=4a1d83b4db3d2b00a18b4b8b0b961986&id=kb_article_view&sysparm_rank=1&sysparm_tsqueryId=64a5bbe1dbe10150958d831339961910.

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                Eckhard6C2A
                New Participant
                December 28, 2021

                Ich kann mit LR Classic unter Windows 10 kein Liveview mit Nikon D780 nutzen. Wann ist dieses Problem behoben? Bisher habe ich keine Antrwort von Adobe erhalten.

                DdeGannes
                Community Expert
                DdeGannesCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                December 28, 2021

                See the link for the list of camera models supported for tether capture.

                https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/tethered-camera-support.html

                Adobe does not publish when new camera models will be supported.

                 

                Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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                Eckhard6C2A
                New Participant
                December 30, 2021

                Ja, die Liste kenne ich. Ich warte alos auf ein Update. Allerdings wäre es fatal, wenn die Nikon D780 als Nachfolgemodell von der nikon D750 zukünftig nicht unterstützt würde. Bei wem liegt das Problem - Nikon oder Adobe?

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